Prize: "Sigerist Prize for the History of Medicine and Science" - Deadline: March 15, 2012

The Swiss Society for the History of Medicine and Science invites
applications for the
Henry-E.-Sigerist-Prize for the promotion of young scholars in the history
of medicine and science.
Deadline for application: March 15, 2012
The prize was founded in 1967 by Mr. and Mss. Guggenheim-Schnurr from
Basel in order to award outstanding young scholars in the field of history
of medicine and science.
Applicants should submit studies completed within the last two years, i.e.
- articles published in journals
- dissertations
- printed books
- works of another kind which have been selected by the jury or proposed
to it.
The texts have to be written in German, French, Italian or English and to
be related to Switzerland by content, authorship or institution. Work
which has previously been awarded a prize is not eligible. Authors should
not be older than 36. Dissertations and books have to be accompanied by a
summary of no more than five pages. The detailed regulations can be found
at
www.sggmn.ch/sigerist-preis-e.html.
The prize amounts to CHF 2000.- (approx. $ 1600)
Applications (in electronic form or in two paper copies, including a short
CV) and enquiries should be sent to the president of the jury:
Prof. Hubert Steinke MD, PhD
Institute for the History of Medicine
Buehlstrasse 26
CH - 3012 Bern
Tel. 0041 (0)31 631 84 29
Fax 0041 (0)31 631 84 91
hubert.steinke@mhi.unibe.ch